還是 (waan4 si6 | hai2 shi4) : [1] or; [2] still; nevertheless

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

還是

waan4 si6

hai2 shi4

[1] or (used in questions; Synonym: 抑或, Cantonese: 定係); [2] still, nevertheless (Cantonese: 重係)

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 11,600,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

還是 / 还是

This word was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

還 waan4 syun4 - return; revolve; yet; still
是 si6 - is

1 compounds containing this word:

不知好笑還是好怒 - find sth both funny and annoying; unable to laugh or cry at sth

Showing all 2 examples containing 還是

你想吃麵還是吃飯？國
Do you want to eat noodles or rice?

我們今年的聖誕樹要買真的還是人造的？國
Shall we get a real Christmas tree or an artificial one?

Forum Code to link to this word:
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/878/]還是[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/878/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">還是</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 還是

Search CantoDict (safe search is on)

Please note, CantoDict currently supports searching for Simplified Chinese, but results will be returned in Traditional Chinese.

Hide Written and Spoken Hide Written 國 Hide Spoken粵

This page shows, from top to bottom:

a large version of the word in a traditional script font which you may need to install

: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping. Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu^4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.

: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).
the meaning of the word, typed in by our volunteer editors
guidelines on whether the word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese etc (if nothing is present the word may be used in both Cantonese and Mandarin)
our arbitrarily assigned difficulty level
a smaller version of the character in a computerised, printed font
a list of each of the characters for the word, showing jyutping and meaning (if our dictionary contains that character)

this thread


Characters \| Words \| Sentences \| Chinese Translation \| Chinese Tests \| Forums \| Search Customise CantoDict \| My Vocab Lists \| Useful Reports and Stats \| CantoDict Forum